CyberAgent and DMM GAMES’s new ice hockey-themed multimedia project “Pride Of Orange” (プラオレ！～PRIDE OF ORANGE～) reveals a new visual, additional cast, special footages for the anime adaptation and the official game title at AnimeJapan 2021.
The project includes a TV anime that will premiere October 2021 and a game that will release in 2021. Craft Egg, known for their work “BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!” and “Project Sekai: Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku,” works on the project’s character and costume design. It centers on the youth story of the young hockey players, as well as promoting tourism for Tochigi.
▍Additional Cast
Nikko Dream Monkeys
■ Juri Kikuchi – CV: Ruriko Aoki
■ China Yokeyama – CV: Hisako Tojo
■ Runa Hirano – CV: Eriko Matsui
■ Minato Shishiuchi – CV: Shizuku Hoshinoya
■ Shino Ukita – CV: Aina Suzuki
■ Mona Fujishiro – CV: Kurumi Takase
Kushiro Snow White
■ Rio Teruya – CV: Eri Ozeki
■ Yuka Iihara – CV: Miku Itō
■ Ema Yoshiike – CV: Sora Tokui
■ Seiko Kuga – CV: Aina Aiba
■ Sachie Kaibara – CV: Ayasa Goto
■ Eri Yamanaka – CV: Suzuko Mimori
■ Maya Walker – CV: Sumire Uesaka
▍Anime Special Footage at AJ2019
▍Game Official Title
The official title of the franchising upcoming game is confirmed as “Pride of Orange: Smile Princess” (プラオレ!〜SMILE PRINCESS〜). The game platform is not yet announced. Several visuals previewing the game system is also revealed.
▍Synopsis
Dream Monkeys is a girl’s ice hockey team based in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, and its members aim to reach the top of the world. Manaka Mizusawa, a junior high school student living in the city, her younger sister Ayaka, and her childhood friends Kaoruko and Mami come to the door of a trial class held by the team. After practice, everyone is completely fascinated by ice hockey. Eventually, they were invited by the coach, Youko, to become official members of the team. Through practice games and training camps, everyone grows and the team becomes one. With the slogan, “Connect the puck with the bond of heart!,” Dream Monkeys head into the tournament.
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Praole! Media Mix Partners (CyberAgent／EXNOA)
Original Character & Costume Design: Craft Egg
Director: Takebumi Anzai
Series Composition: Touko Machida
Character Design: Kii Tanaka
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Ice Hockey Setting Research: H.C. Tochigi Nikkō Ice Bucks
Animation Production Supervision: Ryōsuke Yamada (C2C)
Animation Producer: Kazumasa Hayasaka
Showrunner, Executive Producer: Masaya Ochiai (CyberAgent/CAAnimation)
Executive Producer: Hiroshi Tōjō (EXNOA)
General Producer: Hiroyuki Tanaka (CyberAgent/CAAnimation), Kōichi Murakami (EXNOA)
Producer: Takashi Murakami (CyberAgent/CAAnimation), Hiroshi Takita (EXNOA)
Music: MONACA (StrayCats)
Animation: C2C
▍Cast
■ Manaka Mizusawa – CV: Riku Masuda
■ Yu Kiyose – CV: Satomi Hongo
■ Ayaka Mizusawa – CV: Mayu Sagara
■ Riko Saginuma – CV: Saika Kitamori
■ Naomi Takagi – CV: Asuka Shioiri
■ Kaoruko Yanagida – CV: Yurika Moriyama
■ Mami Ono – CV: Yoshino Aoyama
■ Juri Kikuchi – CV: Ruriko Aoki
■ China Yokeyama – CV: Hisako Tojo
■ Runa Hirano – CV: Eriko Matsui
■ Minato Shishiuchi – CV: Shizuku Hoshinoya
■ Shino Ukita – CV: Aina Suzuki
■ Mona Fujishiro – CV: Kurumi Takase
■ Rio Teruya – CV: Eri Ozeki
■ Yuka Iihara – CV: Miku Itō
■ Ema Yoshiike – CV: Sora Tokui
■ Seiko Kuga – CV: Aina Aiba
■ Sachie Kaibara – CV: Ayasa Goto
■ Eri Yamanaka – CV: Suzuko Mimori
■ Maya Walker – CV: Sumire Uesaka
